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A 70-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes presents with chest pain and dyspnoea. Troponin is elevated and ECG shows ST elevation in the anterior leads. She lives in a remote community 5 hours by ground from the nearest PCI centre; air transport will not be available for at least 4 hours. According to STEMI management in rural Canada, what is the most appropriate reperfusion strategy?

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